Mid East – Page 1253 – Prologue Journal

Saudi Arabia Wants Tourists. It Didn’t Expect Christians.

New York Times In a fluid new age for the conservative Islamic kingdom, evangelicals have become some of its most enthusiastic visitors. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/24/world/middleeast/saudi-arabia-christian-tourists.html

Dozens of Palestinians injured as settler violence rages on across West Bank

Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. Dozens of Palestinians are injured as Israeli settlers continue waging unabated violence across the West Bank. https://presstv.ir/Detail/2023/06/24/705821/Palestine-Israel-settler-violence-Ramallah

UN: Situation ‘getting out of control’ in West Bank due to Israeli violence

Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. The United Nations human rights chief urged Israeli authorities to immediately end the violence. https://presstv.ir/Detail/2023/06/23/705804/United-Nations-human-rights-chief-Volker-Turk-West-Bank-Israeli-regime-lethal-force-

Voices from the Arab press: Israeli threats of war with Iran psychological or inevitable?

Jerusalem Post A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world. https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-747263

Sudan’s warring factions widen conflict across the country

Jerusalem Post Air strikes and anti-aircraft missile fire hit overnight in the Omdurman and Khartoum, two of the three cities that make up Sudan’s wider capital. https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-747462

Drone strike hits Syrian president’s ancestral town

Jerusalem Post The strike came a day after Sana reported a drone attack on Salhab, another government-held town in northwest Syria near rebel territory, that killed a woman and a child. https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-747461

Palestinians, regional nations condemn Israeli desecration of Quran

Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. Palestinian factions as well as countries around the world have condemned the desecration of a mosque and the holy Quran by Israeli settlers. https://presstv.ir/Detail/2023/06/23/705799/Palestinians-regional-nations-condemn-Israeli-settlers-vandalizing-mosque-desecrating-holy-Quran

Saudi-Iran thaw improves haj services for Iranian pilgrims

Jerusalem Post Sayid Mahdi, who will be in charge of around 2,800 Iranian pilgrims that will perform haj next week, said Saudi Arabia has been more cooperative in finding hotels for Iranians this year. https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-747452

Baháʼís seek unity with Iranians to demand women’s rights

Jerusalem Post Forty years after the public execution of 10 Baháʼí women in Iran, the Baháʼí community sees the Iranian people as partners, not persecutors https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-747436

Millions of pilgrims throng Mecca for biggest Hajj in years

Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. Millions of Muslim worshipers from across the world have congregated in the holy city of Mecca to prepare for the annual Hajj pilgrimage. https://presstv.ir/Detail/2023/06/23/705789/Millions-of-pilgrims-throng-Mecca-for-biggest-Hajj-in-years